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Work for Universities (for P.I.s housed at universities) for less than you are worth on the open market. (And still be resented by profs making less) Soylent d

by tejtm 7y ago

Work for Universities (for P.I.s housed at universities) for less than you are worth on the open market. (And still be resented by profs making less) Soylent data (it is made of people), is hard because it has all these lawyers attached to it. Figure out a trivial/foolproof way for EHRs to be satisfactorily anonymous for the legal departments to allow sharing but still be useful. (I won't be holding my breath) A concrete thing without any "hard" bits There is an open source tool named Protege that is ... err... the best tool of its class ... fix it or make a replacement []https://protege.stanford.edu/ https://protege.stanford.edu/

optymizer 7y ago
I worked for 5+ years for a PI at a prestigious institution. Overall my experience there was great. It was a lot of fun too. I got to design and implement fairly large projects early on as a junior engineer. I could use any tech that I wanted. I had maybe two dozen users at best, but I interacted with them weekly if not daily. That said, I was barely making 50k. Now I'm a senior engineer at a FAANG and though I am more financially stable, I am not having as much fun. I routinely push code to millions of users now, but I don't see any of them. I suppose the FAANG is a different kind of fun, but sometimes I just miss being the guy who's coding this awesome tool that's going to further scientific research, and your post reminded me of that. Maybe when I retire I'll go back to help some PIs with their software issues. I know they need the help.
- iandanforth 7y ago
  To put you on the spot. It would be great if "maybe when I retire ..." was an actual plan you had. It sounds like you have the opportunity and ability to personally make a difference, I sincerely hope you do. :)
  - optymizer 7y ago
    Thanks for the vote of confidence. I think it's early to make concrete plans though. I have a few other ideas to try out before I turn to academic research.
vonseel 7y ago
You’re EHR comment reminded me of this previous comment from another person here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18828777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18828777 Based on his comments, I wouldn’t hold my breath either. That market sounds incredibly expensive to enter.

by tejtm 7y ago

optymizer 7y ago

I worked for 5+ years for a PI at a prestigious institution. Overall my experience there was great. It was a lot of fun too. I got to design and implement fairly large projects early on as a junior engineer. I could use any tech that I wanted. I had maybe two dozen users at best, but I interacted with them weekly if not daily. That said, I was barely making 50k. Now I'm a senior engineer at a FAANG and though I am more financially stable, I am not having as much fun. I routinely push code to millions of users now, but I don't see any of them. I suppose the FAANG is a different kind of fun, but sometimes I just miss being the guy who's coding this awesome tool that's going to further scientific research, and your post reminded me of that. Maybe when I retire I'll go back to help some PIs with their software issues. I know they need the help.

iandanforth 7y ago
To put you on the spot. It would be great if "maybe when I retire ..." was an actual plan you had. It sounds like you have the opportunity and ability to personally make a difference, I sincerely hope you do. :)
- optymizer 7y ago
  Thanks for the vote of confidence. I think it's early to make concrete plans though. I have a few other ideas to try out before I turn to academic research.

vonseel 7y ago

You’re EHR comment reminded me of this previous comment from another person here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18828777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18828777 Based on his comments, I wouldn’t hold my breath either. That market sounds incredibly expensive to enter.